The assumption must be that those who can see value only in tradition, or versions of it, deny man's ability to adapt to changing circumstances.
Stephen Bayley

Gentlemen can now only behave as such, or be tolerated as such, in circumstances that are manifestly contrived or unreal.
Simon Raven

The secret of happiness is the determination to be happy always, rather than wait for outer circumstances to make one happy.
J. Donald Walters

Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.
Samuel Lover

It was hard enough to drive those heavy old cars back then under normal circumstances, but with a crazed monkey clawing you at the same time, it becomes nearly impossible!
Tim Flock

People care and are willing to help me out my desperate circumstances.
Sam Worthington

We, too, must change as circumstances evolve.
Baldwin Spencer

Whether you're winning or losing, it is important to always be yourself. You can't change because of the circumstances around you.
Cotton Fitzsimmons

Happiness is an attitude of mind, born of the simple determination to be happy under all outward circumstances.
J. Donald Walters

So often we try to alter circumstances to suit ourselves, instead of letting them alter us, which is what they are meant to do.
Mother Maribel

Dwell upon the brightest parts in every prospect... and strive to be pleased with the present circumstances.
Abraham Tucker

If thou art master to thyself, circumstances shall harm thee little.
Martin Farquhar Tupper

To lose a son under those circumstances - a violent death like my son went through, it just puts a burden on your heart.
Brian Jones

We are responsible for actions performed in response to circumstances for which we are not responsible.
Allan Massie

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
Hugh Downs

The circumstances of human society are too complicated to be submitted to the rigor of mathematical calculation.
Marquis De Custine

Manuel Rosales is being unjustly persecuted. He won't return to Venezuela under these circumstances, because Peru will never expel him.
Javier Valle-Riestra

The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
C. P. Scott

History is the record of an encounter between character and circumstances.
Donald Creighton